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Breeding and
Delce Artrip take a break from
hoeing the cornfield on
Hurricane Fork.
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The coal town of Wilder,
Virginia, flourished along the banks of Dumps Creek
in Russell County, Virginia, between 1910 and 1930.
The neighboring towns of Clinchfield
at the Shaft, Dixie Splint, and South
Clinchfield were also once vigorous communities,
vibrant with people from different cultures.
They have all vanished now, but first-person
accounts and 614 excellent old photographs
bring these towns back to life.
No matter how
far people roam, the memories of their coal
towns call them back. In 2006, the Wilder
Reunion in Cleveland, Virginia, brought over
200 people back home.
See pictures
here.
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